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… he began to accumulate firearms for an attack on the South Island. Te Pehi even journeyed to England to get more guns. … to Kaikoura. There he defeated the local branch of the Ngai Tahu tribe, who mistakenly believed the canoes to be … Attacks on the South Island …
… Because of dialectical variations in Maori speech, the Ngai Tahu “k” (that is, southern Maori) approximates to the English hard “g” while … for colonising the southern portion of the middle island of New Zealand … the site of their present settlement …
… sailed from London on a trading voyage to Australia and the South Seas under the command of Captain John Stewart, of … visiting Sydney Stewart left on 19 August 1830 for Kapiti Island, where Te Rauparaha promised him a cargo of flax in … possible artifice”, to lure Tamaiharanui, the principal Ngai Tahu chief in the district, to visit the Elizabeth . At …
… assigned territories in the adjacent portions of the nearby South Island. During his first few years in the district, Te … Te Puoho turned his attention towards the conquest of the Ngai Tahu. In spite of a warning from Te Rauparaha that he …
… (1781–1860). Ngai Tahu chief. A new biography of Karetai appears in the … campaigns against Te Rauparaha. He led a portion of the Ngai Tahu reinforcements at both sieges of Kaiapohia and, … induced Tuhawaiki, Taiaroa, and Karetai to sell them the South Island. In June of the same year Major Bunbury visited …
… at a place called Awanui and then travelled on round the island to the safe landlocked harbours of the East Coast. As Tamatea decided to stay at Tauranga, Tahu took charge of the canoe as it travelled on in search … the ancestors of the Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, and the Ngai Tahu tribe of the South Island. by Robert Ritchie …
… a fossil marine bed at the mouth of the Waingongoro in South Taranaki. In addition to moa bones and quantities of … Commissioner for “extinguishing native claims in the Middle Island”. His main duties were to reconcile the Ngai Tahu tribe to the purchases largely effected by H. Tacy …
… ( c. 1783–1863). Ngai Tahu chief. A new biography of Taiaroa, Te Matenga … into war. Early in June 1840 Major Bunbury visited Ruapuke Island and secured Taiaroa's signature to the Treaty of … of Otago , McLintock, A. H. (1949) Lore and History of the South Island Maori , Taylor, W. A. (1950). …
… In the course of his circumnavigation of the South Island Captain Cook sighted the peninsula on 16 February … and whalers appeared on the scene and they found Maori (Ngai Tahu) settlements near where Lyttelton and Akaroa now …
… tail end of the land”, was applied by the Maoris to the southern part of the South Island. In more recent times it was the name given to a … negotiate a new price with Taiaroa, Karitai, and the other Ngai Tahu chiefs. This was necessary because the Maoris, who …